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Schulz Electric™ Refurbishes Critical Circulating Water Pump Motor in Only Four Days
Schulz Electric™ was contacted by a nuclear power plant in the New England region that serves a community of over 2 million homes. After five years of service, a 1500 HP, 4 kV, 24-pole circulating water pump motor (measuring approximately 7’ wide, 8’ tall, and weighing several tons) needed refurbishing while the plant was still online. To add to their concern, the power plant is located close to the ocean. The aging motor was not only approaching the end of its serviceable life, but was highly susceptible to moisture intrusion and the salt-laden air, which can build up in air passages within the motor. These environmental conditions can lead to elevated operating temperatures and corrosion developing on the rotor, stator, and shaft components. These factors combined, placed the plant at an increased risk of downtime that could have potentially led to a significant loss of revenue if they were forced into a shutdown event.
Tatsuo Izumida, Yoshihiro Ozawa, Kunio Ozawa, Shigeru Izumi, Shunsuke Uchida, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hisao Yamashita, Hiroshi Miyadera
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 4 | December 1990 | Pages 641-646
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29257
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Experiments on cold nuclear fusion are performed on titanium deutende (TiD2) crystal warmed from liquid nitrogen temperature to room temperature. Fusion with an estimated thermal energy output much smaller than the expected level (1012 to 1013 fusion/s·g−1) is confirmed by neutron burst emission, but without excess heat production. By analyzing the temperature dependence of the neutron emission in the titanium-deuterium system, it is concluded that so-called cold nuclear fusion may actually be hot-spot fusion caused by a localized high voltage generated, along with fracture formation, in the TiD2 by lattice strain.
